Sách tiếng Anh cho trẻ em Book 25 looking for numbers

Looking for Numbers Written by Dina Anastasio Illustrations by Cende Hill www.readinga-z.com Looking for Numbers A Reading A–Z Poetry Book © 2006 ProQuest Information and Learning Compan

Visit www.readinga-z.com

for thousands of books and materials.

www.readinga-z.com

Looking for Numbers

Written by Dina Anastasio Illustrations by Cende Hill

Looking for

Numbers

A Reading A–Z Poetry Book

Word Count: 789

P O E T R Y

Looking for

Numbers

Written by Dina Anastasio

Illustrations by Cende Hill

www.readinga-z.com

Looking for Numbers

A Reading A–Z Poetry Book

© 2006 ProQuest Information and Learning Company Written by Dina Anastasio Illustrations by Cende Hill All rights reserved.

www.readinga-z.com

Photo Credits:

Cover, back cover, title page, pages 3, 4, 5, 6 (top), 10, 14, 16: © ArtToday; pages 5 (clock), 6: Hemera Technologies; page 5 (money): ProQuest Information and Learning Company; page 8: © Royalty-Free/CORBIS; page 11: Lena Johansson/Getty Images; page 12: © NASA; page 13: © The United States Mint; page 15: ProQuest Information and Learning Company

Table of Contents

Looking for Numbers 4

Going Up 6

Going Down 8

Counting Pops 10

Moon Shapes 12

Making Change 13

Half and Half 14

The Highest Number 16

3

Looking For Numbers

My brother wants to play a game

I want to read my book

He says car games are much more fun

So I agree to look

On car trips we play number games,

Like Find a Green 11.

Today we choose to play a game

Called Who Can Spy a 7?

I notice numbers everywhere,

On shirts and license plates

There’s one up there on that front door There’s one on that blue gate

4

Going Up

When I am climbing up the stairs

I take them one by one

I climb up very slowly, When you count, it’s hard to run

I know how many steps there are

I count them every day

I climb and count up 40 steps,

When I have been away

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

By 10 I’m feeling sore.

18, 19, 20

Are there really 20 more?

I stop to rest, then carry on

36, 37, 38 Just 2 more steps and I’ll be home

A cozy chair awaits

I see a 6, an 8, a 3

On signs up in the hills

I see a 1, a 5, a 10

On Mother’s money bills

But where oh where are all the 7s?

I don’t see even one

I think I’d rather read my book

This searching game is done

Too late! I spy a 7!

It’s on the clock up there

There’s another on the page I read

Oh no! They’re everywhere!

Going Down

When I go down I sometimes jump

I take stairs 2 by 2.

I don’t touch every step that way

2 at a time is what I do

My staircase, it has 40 steps.

So when I jump by 2s.

I only step on 20 stairs.

Just 20 and I’m through.

Once I jumped the steps in 5s.

My father helped me do it

Instead of 40 we touched 8.

We were down before we knew it

8

Counting Pops

Sometimes when I’m popping corn

I try to count the pops

I count each popping kernel

Sometimes I shout, “Please stop!”

At fi rst I count them 1 by 1.

But then they pop too fast

I count by 2s 2, 4, 6, 8.

How long does popping last?

Now they’re popping quickly

And I must count by 5s

5, 10, 15, 20 The kernels rise and dive

Now they’re popping faster

It’s hard to count the pops

But I will keep on trying Until the last pop stops

Moon Shapes

Night after night

I stand at my window

Night after night The sky becomes dark

Night after night

A new friend will greet me

Sometimes it is round

Sometimes it’s an arc

One night my moon friend Was shaped like a circle

One night a crescent moon Curved in the sky

One night 1/2 of a circle

Looked down at me

And one night a 3/4 moon

Whispered “Hi.”

12

Making Change

5 pennies are the same

As a nickel every time

But if you change 10 pennies

You’ll get 2 nickels or 1 dime.

Ask someone to change a dime

You’ll get 10 pennies or

You might receive 2 nickels

Please don’t ask for any more

A quarter’s worth more pennies,

25 to be exact

Or give someone 5 nickels

If you want a quarter back

A quarter’s also worth

3 nickels and a dime

A quarter beats the other coins

Every single time

Half and Half

When you sat down at lunch today, You looked so sad I heard you say,

“I lost my lunch What should I do?” And this is what I said to you

“Let’s share my lunch I’ll give you some

A bit, a piece, a half, a crumb

My sandwich has been cut in two

1/2 for me 1/2 for you.

Let’s break up my banana now

And then we’ll share I’ll show you how

We’ll make 4 pieces all the same.

Now close your eyes We’ll play a game

You pick 2 pieces I will too

1/2 for me 1/2 for you.

One more thing and then we’re done Let’s count my raisins Counting’s fun

I count 20 Now let’s share.

I’ll put mine here I’ll put yours there

You have 10, and I do too.

1/2 for me 1/2 for you.”

penny

dime

nickel quarter

The Highest Number

I live on the 14th fl oor.

It’s hard to climb that high

So I must take an elevator, And ride up toward the sky

I like to push the buttons

14 is near the top

Sometimes we zoom straight upward Sometimes we make a stop

Some people live on lower fl oors,

Like 2 or 3 or 4.

I push their buttons for them, Then stand back from the door

They all get out, but I stay in

I wave goodbye, and then It’s time to ride up higher,

So I push 14 again.

16